Ice-making apparatus



Y T R E H G U C D P A ICE MAKING APPARATUS Drginal Filed Nov.- 5, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l his @m9, 1929. A. P. DOUGHERTY 985 1GB MAKING APPARATUS Original Fle Nov. 5, 1923 2l Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

ir sitas tienes AUGUSTUS P. DOUGHERTZ, 0F WARREN,

OHXO, ASSG'NOR TO OHIO GALVANIZIN'G- &

MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NILES, OHIO, A CORPORATON OF OHIO.

, y A 1 ien-MAKING Arenen-rus. l

Application iled November 5, 1923, Serial No. 672,724. Renewed April 23, 1928.

The present invention relates to'apparatus for use in the manufacture of icel and has for an object to provide improved arrangements whereby the freezing cans can be handled'eX- peditiously in .harvesting the ice and in introducing into the freezing bath cans of fresh water to be frozen.

According to the prevailing practice in ice making plants of the typel with which the invention is more particularly concerned, freezing cans filled with fresh water are immersed in a freezing brine until the complete ice cake is formed whereupon they are re` moved from the brine, dipped in warm water to loosen the ice, inverted to discharge the ice cake, and then returned to the brine and refilled. The cans as commonly constructed, are

each provided with means for the attachment of lifting devices and must be handled either entirely individually or through separate connections to the lifting crane.

In order to effect economy of labor in the harvesting operations it has been proposed.

to provide devices whereby a number of cans can be connected to a single crane siniultane-l ously to be removed and transported together.

Such expediente, however, have been only partially successful and have involved con!` siderable manipulation of the devices ein, ployed, it being necessary to connect each canv to its respective connection.

rlhe present invention, in its preferred.

form, makes provision for expeditiously lifting a number of freezing cans at one time in' such inannei that a group of cans, as a unit, can be removed from the brine tank, trans* ported, dipped in warm water to free the ice and inverted to discharge the ice cakes, the

`arrangement being such preferably that the connection to the crane is made once for all,v

and the cans being relatively rigidly'connected to each other so that no manipulation of individual cans as distinguished from manipulation of the group unit is necessary.

The number of cans which may be advanwitli loc-al conditions. 1f' an unduly large number of cans are handled together, the consequent introduction of so many cans of fresh Y of all the brine affected, whereas if the cans are changed a few at a time, the temperature be handled as a unit,

of the brine is not affected to so great an extent and better efficiency is maintained. I find it. convenient and conducive'to expeditious handling of the cans and to economical operation of the plant to arrange the appa-y ratus so that from six to twelve cans can the exact number depending upon the size of the brine tank and ether local conditions. l The invention is susceptible of embodiment in a variety of mechanical structures, one of which for the purpose of illustration will be particularly described herein but it is to be understood that this the purpose of illustration only and is not to be construed as defining the limits of the invention.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention,

Figure 2 is a plane view being' broken away.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of an end portion of the carrier-frame and freezing cans supported therein, showing the position of the same with relation to the freezing tank. y Figures 4, 5, and 6 are detailed sectional views takenv respectively at the lines .444, 5 5, and 6 6 of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the apparatus shown in the drawing, a number of freezing cans 5 are so connected that they can be handled as a unit during the operations incident to the freezing and harvesting of the ice. FIhe connecting means shown consists of a carrier-frame 6 in which cans 5 of any suitable design, such for example as the can shown in the patentto Bentley #1,437,165 dated November 2S, 1922 can be removably or permanently secured. In the particular structure shown, they are retained by frictional engagement with the frame in lwhich they lit with sutlicient snugness to prevent displacement during the ordinary use of the anparatus. By this arrangement, an inof the same, a part dividual can may be removed and replacedv as occasion may require. y

The construction of the carrier-fraiiie may vary in accordance with the requirements of the freezing tank or of the particular cans in use, as desired. The apparatus shownis designed for use in a freezing tankhaving freezing coils bedescription is given for n vso ' y .tween the successive cans asindicated at 8 the cans by engaging in Figure 3. The carrier-frame accordingly properly spaces the cans and is so constructed that it will clear these coils when it7 with the supported cans is lowered into place in the members 15 are of inverted channel `form with end portions which maybe readily bolted to the side bars by suitable bolts 16 or the apparatus may be permanently riveted together if desired. v Y l The side bars 10 of the frame 6 are extended at bothends a sufficient distance to provide for resting the same on suitable supports.

,"As shown they extend at each end through slots 17 inthe wall 18 of the freezing tank and rest upon an I-beam 2O provided for this purpose. It will be noted that the depth of the carrier-.frame is relatively small and therefore causes no substantial loss of freezing space within the tank. 'Ilie side bars may be recessed on their lowei` ledges where they extend over the walls of the tank as indicated at 21 in Figure 3. Y

' Provision is made for supplying air to the several cans, as is common in the so-called raw water system ofmanufacturing ice7 to prevent impurities in the water being frozen into the ice cake. As shown an air tube 23 maybe secured to and extended along one side bar of the frame. This tube is provided with connections 24 forreceivingindividual 7 flexible tubes 25 which connect with'the air Vtubes formed in the several cans. The flexible y connecting tubes 25 overlie the cross bars of the carrier-frame and can be so arranged that they will not interfere with the discharge of the ice cake from the can or be broken vor disconnected thereby.

The described arrangement permits the number of cans handled as a unit to be filled with water at al suitable filling station where arrangements can be made for expeditiously ing devices.

filling all of time. turned to the freezing tank. f

The lcarrier-frame may be provided with any suitable means for the attachment of lifty l Y As shown in Figure 5, U-shaped handles 27, are secured in suitably selected cross bars15 for this purpose. The number and location of the handles will depend upon the number, arrangement and weight-of the cans simultaneously in a minimum cans carried in the frame.l rlhe handles are shown `as vertically movable in order that they may lie below the level of the tops of the freezing cans when not in use and may be l beneath the reinforcing b and 12. Inthe structure shown the cross Thecans so filled can then be re-v lifted to provide ample room for lifting hooks thereunder when the cans arev tovbe raised. Suitable nuts 28 limit the upward movement of the handles.

' The frames may be rusting if desired.

What I claim is: 1. In apparatus for making ice, a portable structure k,constructed and arranged to be handled as a unit for transporting ice formed therein, comprising a carrier Aframe having parallel side bars presenting opposed sliouldersto receive a with their top reinforcing bands resting upon the shouldersY and transverse spacer bars.V connecting the side bars'and arranged also to provide support for the freezing cans, the shoulders being spaced from ,the tops of the side bars a distance equal to the depth of the Vreinforcing bands of the freezing cans where-I by the carrier frame extends tothe tops of thecans.

2. In apparatus for making ice a portable structure constructed' and arranged.V to be handled as a unit formed therein, comprising a carrier frame having parallel side bars presenting opposed shoulders to receive a .plurality of freezing cans with their top reinforcing bands resting uponV the shoulders and transverse spacer vbars connecting Lthe sidev bars; .the side bars and transverse spacer barsl being formed and arranged toy provide continuous support around the four sides ofv each freezing can,

two of said transverse bars being provided.y

with means for the attachment of a lifting crane.

galvanized to prevent plurality o f'freezing cans for transportingvice to be;

3. In apparatus for vuse in making` ice, a

structure constructed and arranged vto be handled as a unit comprising a shallow carrier-frame and a plurality of freezingcans removably carried thereby and engaging the I frame at their top portions only, the carrierframe comprising parallel side members and cross members connecting vthe side members,V

the cans havingoutstanding flangesv engaging the cross members toprovide support for the cans,l the relative arrangement of theside members and cross bars and of the flanges on 4the cans being such that vthe sidemeinbers extend to the tops of the cans and the spaces between the cans except at the tops ofthe cans are left free and vopen whereby-the cans can be lowered into a brine tank with freezing coils positioned between thefcans. i

Y tgAn apparatus for use in making ice constructed and arranged to be handled as a unit, comprising bars of a cross section adapted to be rolled to provide shoulders substantially midway of the depth of the bars andcross members secured tothe side bars with their upper edges Y even with thev shouldersfof, the iside bars to Vprovide continuous 'can supports togetherwith freezing cans fitting betweenthe side a c'arrienframezhaving side bars and cross members With their top reincans is left open substantially to the tops forcing bands engaging the shoulders of the thereof, substantially as described. side bars and the tops of the cross members, .In ytestimony whereof, I have signed my 10 and the tops of the cans being substantially name to this specification this 31st day of 5 even With the upper edges of the side bars, October, 1923. y

said carrier-frames being of relatively shalf 10W depth whereby the space between the AUGUSTUS P. DOUGHERTY. 

